/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 M. Hautle.
 * 
 * This file is part of TrackedBean.
 * 
 * TrackedBean is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * TrackedBean is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with TrackedBean. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package ch.trackedbean.copier;

/**
 * Filter used to filter the attributes to be copied by an {@link IBeanMapper}.
 * 
 * @author M. Hautle
 */
public interface IMappingFilter {
    /**
     * Returns true if the property represented by the given holder should be copied.<br>
     * This check is for {@link IBeanMapper#copySrc2Dst(Object, Object, IMappingContext)}
     * 
     * @param holder The mapping to check
     * @return True if the value should be copied
     */
    boolean copySrc2Dst(IMappingHolder holder);

    /**
     * Returns true if the property represented by the given holder should be copied.<br>
     * This check is for {@link IBeanMapper#copyDst2Src(Object, Object, IMappingContext)}
     * 
     * @param holder The mapping to check
     * @return True if the value should be copied
     */
    boolean copyDst2Src(IMappingHolder holder);
}